Julie's and Stuart's story varies drastically from the first story in the book. Julie's parents have been arrested in a riot over Christmas village ornaments and Julie is sent to her grandparents in Florida, but the train gets stuck in the snow. She goes to a Waffle House and meets Stuart, whose car is stuck in the snow. He suggests that they walk to his house. They fall into a frozen lake and he and his family make her feel welcome on Christmas Day. In the film, Stuart is the one with nowhere to go on Christmas Day, he is a big star, and Julie's mom is sick.
Liv Hewson and Jacob Batalon are in the MCU: Liv on the television series "Inhumans", Jacob in "Spiderman" movies. Shameik Moore is the voice of Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Jacob Batalon and Shameik Moore both star in Spider-Man movies. Jacob Batalon is in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017) and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (2019) as Ned Leeds, Peter Parker's best friend. In "Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse" (2018), Shameik Moore voices Miles Morales the next-generation Spider-Man.
The website Movie Insider mistakenly credits Isabelle Merced as both Isabelle Merced and Isabelle Moner.